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Third period: Kings 1, Sharks 1

The Sharks poured on the pressure to start the third period, but couldn’t produce the go-ahead goal. The Kings pressured the Sharks later in the frame, but couldn’t score either. Kings goalie Jonathan Quick had to come up with a couple of big saves late in the period. San Jose’s Antti Niemi stopped Dustin Penner and then Anze Kopitar on a bang-bang sequence to keep the score tied. The Kings will start sudden-death overtime down two men after penalties to Robyn Regehr and Trevor Lewis. Two-man advantage plus a fresh sheet of ice could be a lethal combination for the Sharks to start OT.

Who is behind Inside the Kings blog?

Elliott Teaford is an award-winning hockey reporter based in Southern California and witnessed the L.A. Kings win the Stanley Cup in 2012 and in '14. He grew up playing outdoors on the streets of Philadelphia. He also watched the Flyers bully their way to consecutive Stanley Cups in the 1970s, and makes no excuses for their quasi-legal play.

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